The rantings of a teacher who retired from the classroom but not from education.

Thursday, March 03, 2011

Don't Know If I Will go--But It's Nice To Win

Dear Educator,

Thank you for your recent prize winning submission to the UFT essay contest. The UFT is pleased to offer you a ticket to the PBS Celebration of Teaching and Learning, Saturday, March 19, at the New York Hilton, Sixth Avenue and 53rd Street. The day will begin at 8:30 with a town hall meeting that President Michael Mulgrew will lead, on the topic of effective teaching. I hope you will be able to attend and share your thoughts.

We have a limited number of tickets available so if you are able to attend please respond to this e-mail by Monday, March 7.

Once again, thank you for your submission. We will be publishing selections from all the prize winning submissions in future issues of New York Teacher.

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About Me

I have been teaching in NYC for over 30 years. I first taught at an inner city school. The staff was close and we all worked together to help the kids. We tutored constantly and were involved in many activities outside of school. We participated in student faculty sporting events where teachers who were not sports oriented dressed up as cheerleaders. We raised money by putting on a "faculty frolics" show. We stood on stage and made fools out of ourselves to raise school spirit and help our students feel part of the community. These feelings are no longer a part of my job. I still love my classes and students but I can't wait until I can go home at the end of the day. I use this blog to express my frustations about the way teaching has changed. I don't want to retire but sometimes feel I can't go on any longer the way the system is now.